Discover Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

A multimodal model for text and image understanding.

Input: image · text Output: text Context: 131,072 tokens Release: 2025-10-14

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is a sophisticated multimodal model developed by Qwen, released on October 14, 2025. It excels in understanding and reasoning across text, images, and video, thanks to its advanced multimodal fusion techniques. The model can handle a native context window of 256K tokens, extendable to 1M tokens, making it suitable for complex tasks involving both static and dynamic media inputs. With its ability to perform document parsing, visual question answering, and GUI control, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct provides robust text understanding and expands OCR capabilities to 32 languages. This model is designed to work effectively under varied visual conditions, offering precise event localization and fine-grained visual-text alignment.

Use Cases

Here are a few ways teams apply Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in practice—from fast drafting to multimodal understanding. Adapt these ideas to your workflow.

Parse complex documents efficiently

Answer visual questions accurately

Control GUIs with precision

Localize events in videos

Conduct spatial reasoning tasks

Key Features

A quick look at the capabilities that make this model useful in real projects.

Multimodal fusion with Interleaved-MRoPE

DeepStack for visual-text alignment

256K-token context window, extendable to 1M

Text understanding and OCR in 32 languages

Handles static and dynamic media inputs

Specs

Overview

Vendor
qwen

Model ID
qwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct

Release
2025-10-14

Modalities & context

Input
image · text

Output
text

Context
131,072 tokens

Parameters & defaults

Supported parameters: frequency_penalty, logit_bias, max_tokens, min_p, presence_penalty, repetition_penalty, response_format, seed, stop, structured_outputs, temperature, tool_choice, tools, top_k, top_p

Defaults: temperature 0.7, top_p 0.8

Benchmark tests: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

We ran this model against a few representative prompts to show its range. Review the outputs below and be the judge.

Text

Prompt:

Write 150 words on how AI might positively upend work, leisure and creativity

AI has the potential to profoundly upend work, leisure, and creativity in transformative ways. In work, AI automates repetitive tasks, freeing humans to focus on strategic, empathetic, and innovative roles—boosting productivity and job satisfaction. In leisure, AI curates personalized entertainment, travel, and learning experiences, enhancing relaxation and discovery. Creativity flourishes as AI acts as a collaborative partner, generating ideas, composing music, or designing visuals, expanding human creative capacity. Artists, writers, and inventors can explore new dimensions with AI as a co-creator. Moreover, AI democratizes access to tools and knowledge, enabling more people to participate in creative and professional endeavors. While concerns about displacement exist, AI’s true power lies in augmentation—not replacement. It can reduce drudgery, amplify human potential, and redefine what work, play, and creation mean. The future may not be about humans versus machines, but humans empowered by them, leading to richer, more fulfilling lives.

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Image

Prompt:

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle.

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